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There was excitement in plenty in Tulsa, Okla., Tuesday, when the White Sox, with Walter Johnson pitching, beat the Giants, 6 to 0. Matty toiled for New York. In addition to seeing the two famous pitchers work, the Tulsans witnessed the collapse of a stand on which 500 people were standing. A company of soldiers was marching beneath the seats and was crushed by the crowd. Chester Taylor, soldier, was killed.

Question - how much is game one worth in a seven game series? In a lopsided series (let's say a 100 win team (true talent) vs an 82 win team) - how much does a Game One win for the underdog tilt their odds of advancing?

#11, assuming the better team has a 61.7% chance of winning any given game (100/162), the weaker team's chances of winning the seven game series are about 25% if they're 0-0 and improve to about 42% after the weaker team wins game one.

1. The ten DP combos that have won Gold Gloves the same year?
2. Which two players have won Gold Gloves at two different positions (not counting different outfield positions)
3. Which team has gone 30 years without winning a Gold Glove?

1. Correct: Vizquel-Alomar; Fox-Aparicio; Morgan-Concpecion; Grich-Belanger; Renteria-Vina; Jeter-Cano. Four more.
2. Not Yount nor Biggio.
3. Not the Jays, although they have the second longest drought (since 2010!)

He's going to retire as one of the greatest defensive players in history, right?
It's weird that he's been so good for so long at two different positions - it's like if Willie Mays moved to first base halfway through his career, then played the position like Hernandez or Pujols.